Man charged with revenge porn

A Gastonia man is spending his 21st birthday in jail after being accused of violating the state's revenge porn law.

Alexis Estrada was arrested early Tuesday morning after police say he shared an intimate photo of a woman without getting her permission. Estrada did so intending to "coerce, harass, intimidate, demean, humiliate or cause financial loss" to the woman, according to his arrest warrant.

The woman is identifiable from the photo and Estrada should have known she had a reasonable expectation of privacy, police say.

The official charge Estrada faces is felony disclosure of private images.

North Carolina’s revenge porn law came into effect Dec. 1, 2015. Its aim is to prevent people from getting even with former loved ones after they’ve ended a relationship.